Chapter 499 My Jianghu! (Merry Christmas to book friends)
The night is slowly falling. In the elegant and luxurious Chinese style box, people are drinking and drinking.
Li Yanhong told a little story about Baidu's daily life, exposing the embarrassment caused by Jing Gao's pretentiousness. "Baidu was established in Zhongguancun on January 1, 2000. There was no current Baidu headquarters building at that time. Living conditions were relatively difficult."
Jing Gao was impressed by this incident. He drank wine and said with a smile: "You were in the Ideal Building at that time, right? That place is now a holy place in the eyes of Internet entrepreneurs."
He originally wanted to invest in ofo, but Zhu Xiaofu from Jinshajiang Venture Capital instigated the founding team of ofo to reject it. Ofo's headquarters is in the Ideal Building. Later, he simply built a small round bicycle with Chen Yujie's father, Chen Ziyuan.
Of course, he is now a major shareholder. Former Uber executive Wang Ying was appointed to take charge. The founding capital of 500 million yuan has been burned by Xiaoyuan Bicycle. Competition in the shared bicycle field is currently in full swing.
He re-injected US$100 million as pre-round financing. The equity ratio was adjusted to 70. Fangyuan Group held 28 shares and the management held 28 shares.
Li Yanhong laughed and said: "To be honest, business people are a bit superstitious. But I am a scientific person.
After being founded for a period of time, Baidu's living conditions improved, and each department had some funds for team building. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, each department sent people to buy fruits and pushed them in on carts for afternoon tea.
Sliced watermelon, pineapple, dragon fruit, sometimes ice cream. Of course, no Haagen-Dazs.
My club didn't belong to any department, and it didn't have a life assistant. Sometimes when I saw them eating fruit, I got greedy. So I paid for it out of my own pocket, bought some dates, washed them in the bathroom, and brought them to my office to eat.
Looking back now...the happiness at that time was so simple and simple that I still remember it fresh."
Jing Gao nodded with a smile and raised his glass.
Li Yanhong raised a glass and drank one with Jing Gao, picked up a pair of chopsticks and grilled the pork ribs with sauce, and asked: "Mr. Jing, what do you think of the future development direction of the Internet? I would like to hear your opinion."
Jing Gao sat relaxedly in the mahogany chair on the Eight Immortals Table, leaning back slightly. Tang Xuan stood up consciously and wanted to help Jing Gao pour wine. Jing Gao stopped Tang Xuan, took the bottle of wine himself, and said, "No need. Tang
Xuan, you eat yours."
He brought Tang Xuan to the meeting with Li Yanhong, not to bring a beautiful woman to look good. If he really wanted to do this, he could just bring Chen Qingshuang or Gu Xixi. The thirty-year-old beautiful young woman Tang Xuan is certainly beautiful, with a face value of 90, a figure of 90, and elegant
She is a young and familiar beauty. However, there is still a gap between her and his two beautiful assistants.
The purpose of bringing Tang Xuan to this dinner was to hope that she could learn more about the thinking of the Internet. After all, she used to work in a traditional industry. She still needed to learn more about her sudden career change to manage orange takeout.
Tang Xuan smiled softly, sat down, and continued to listen quietly.
Jing Gao poured the wine himself and said mockingly: "Mr. Li, many people in the mall say that Phoenix Group is imitating Alibaba's development. Therefore, my judgment on the Internet is a cliché.
First, I am optimistic about the o2o local service market. Generally speaking, it is the Meituan model. Of course, my essential purpose is to promote Phoenix Pay. I am very optimistic about the third-party payment market. This is a very big cake.
Second, the capital trend of sharing is almost over. Next is shared bicycles. After that, I think there is a high probability that it will be the live broadcast industry! Now the live broadcast industry is also flourishing and competition is fierce.
Third, I quite agree with the new retail proposed by Ma Yun. It’s not that I think the online platform supermarket model will be successful. But now that the dividends from the growth of Internet users have been exhausted, the b2c model will be better.
From my observation, JD.com has taken the lead in this direction. Alibaba is now crazily making up for their shortcomings in express delivery and logistics. Speaking of which, I am competing with Alibaba in this field."
Li Yanhong smiled and said: "Competition is always everywhere! I'm afraid you will get more emotions from talking to Pony about this topic.
Hey, Mr. Jing, do you have an English name? The two of us sat down for a drink, and finally returned the favor to Mr. Li. Mr. Jing shouted, "That's outrageous."
I’m not good at brother, I’m called brother by the rivers and lakes. My English name is robin.”
Jing Gao said politely: "Robin, you are older than me and a senior in the industry. Just call me by my name. I don't like to give myself an English name. It's acceptable to give myself a pseudonym or a nickname."
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"Hi! You are exactly what the outside world says!" Li Yanhong smiled elegantly, "Well... you have very strong cultural confidence!"
This sentence is a modification of the sentence! Jing Gao knew what he was doing, so he raised his glass and drank with Li Yanhong.
Li Yanhong suppressed her smile slightly and said seriously: "There are currently debates about the areas where the fourth industrial revolution may occur, but they are basically certain: new materials, genetic engineering, nuclear fusion, quantum computers, and artificial intelligence.
The most relevant thing for Internet companies in this revolution is artificial intelligence. We at Baidu are currently pursuing the allinai strategy. Intelligent driving will be Baidu's pillar industry in the next ten years.
Jing Gao, let me also mention that Alibaba’s layout in artificial intelligence is very deep. You are lagging behind Alibaba in this regard. Alibaba Cloud can support a large number of visits during Double 11 every year. It also protects against global hackers.
attack."
"Thank you, I know."
Li Yanhong smiled and said: "Actually, there is a new saying in the Internet industry. In addition to the BAT three, the three most popular Internet companies are: Byte Slide, Meituan, and Uber. Phoenix Group occupies one of them.
If you start the food delivery business, the only field left is the short video field. But the road is not that easy. Alibaba’s food delivery is not as good as Meituan. Tencent’s short video cannot compete with byte sliding.
Not long ago, I met with Zhang Yimin from Bytedance and had a chat. He does not accept investment from Baidu. The next step is to start a war!"
The last sentence was full of murderous intent. Li Yanhong looked elegant and restrained, but in fact he had always had a strong personality and held great power!
"Here's to you!" Jing Gao smiled and raised his glass.
As far as he knows, Byte Slide has friction with Baidu and Tencent. The conflict with Tencent is mainly in the video field. Douy has developed very strongly and is already a killer application, and it is going straight to become a national software.
The conflict between Byte Slide and Baidu is even deeper. Byte Slide currently has a very advanced algorithm that can recommend personalized news and content to users, thus gaining huge traffic.
In other words, users pick up their mobile phones, click on "Today's Toutiao", and immediately get the information they want without using Baidu. This is digging into the roots of Baidu. No wonder Li Yanhong wants to meet and negotiate with Zhang Yimin.
Speaking of which, Toutiao and Weibo are also competitors. These are the hottest public opinion arenas today.
From this perspective, Jing Gao and Li Yanhong really have a basis of interest for cooperation.
Jing Gao suddenly understood the real purpose of Li Yanhong inviting him to this meal: to jointly suppress byte sliding. Phoenix Group is currently the "leading player" in the Internet field. It has the qualifications to cooperate with Baidu, an established giant!
Li Yanhong saw that Jing Gao did not answer the question and showed little interest, so he did not discuss it in depth. After all, it was his first contact. As for business matters, as long as the interests were entangled, he believed that Phoenix Group would sooner or later stand with Baidu.
together.
The meal lasted for more than three hours, and Jing Gao and Li Yanhong chatted all over the place. Li Yanhong graduated from Yanda University in his early years, went to the United States to study, and then returned to China to start a business. He has rich experience. His hobbies are skiing, golf, swimming, etc.
Jing Gao remains sensitive to current affairs and politics. He keeps in touch with professors at the university and enriches his knowledge system. He watches the recorded news broadcasts and browses Renren Daily every day. He likes to sing.
, art, football.
Immediately, the guests and hosts had a great time and the atmosphere was harmonious. The two parties exchanged personal mobile phone numbers and WeChat messages before saying goodbye and leaving.
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It's around 11 o'clock in the evening in Beijing, which is not particularly late. Not to mention the nightclub gunners who are just entering the alley now, there are also 996 workers, 80% of whom are still playing with their mobile phones. Many of them are working overtime.
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The Chang'an Club is also brightly lit and packed with guests.
Jing Gao and Li Yanhong came out accompanied by Wei Jingyi of Chang'an Club. They shook hands and left at the door. Many people saw it.
"I'll go, Jing Gao's style is well-deserved! There are beautiful women accompanying him, and he drinks and chats with the boss."
"Haha, I'm so surprised by Jill. If we really talk about it, Phoenix Group deserves Baidu's reputation, right?"
"Haha, you are talking very cheerfully. Do you have the guts to come up and have a chat? You know in your heart that you are not qualified, right?"
Jing Gao, Tang Xuan, and Chen Qingshuang were sitting in the spacious Mercedes-Benz, heading towards. Chen Qingshuang did not act coquettishly, and took the initiative to sit in the front passenger seat. She has always been a very smart girl.
The black Mercedes-Benz started smoothly and headed towards the "Landscape Cultural Garden" in the night. Jinggao donated a villa here to Tang Xuan, worth 50 million yuan, to "buy people's hearts." It is only 20 minutes away from the airport.
The driving distance makes it convenient for her to travel to and from Jingzhou.
Tang Xuan gently stroked the hair on her forehead and said with emotion: "After listening to the two big guys chatting for three hours, my head is dizzy now, my mind is too active. Mr. Jing, when parting, Mr. Li mentioned
If you open Zoo to the public for registration, it will probably be a killer app."
Jing Gao drank a little too much wine, leaned slightly on his seat, and said with a smile: "Tang Xuan, don't believe him! I rushed into the social field, didn't I mean to start a war with Tencent? That is simply crazy!
If we fight against the two top Internet giants in the country, we will easily collapse. Alibaba Galaxy and Alibaba Tencent are completely different concepts. I really want to let go, they are only for enterprises. They compete with Alibaba's DingTalk.
"
Tang Xuan woke up and smiled.
This is not because she is not smart enough, but because in the Internet field, the pressure exerted by various giants first falls on Jing Gao and then is transmitted downwards. She has just entered the industry and is not that sensitive.
Jing Gao was happy to chat more with Tang Xuan, "Tang Xuan, after eating this meal, I have a deeper understanding of Phoenix Group's position in the Internet field. Let me tell you."
"OK!"
Jing Gao said with a hint of drunkenness: "First of all, Li Yanhong just listed six Internet giants. If I think about it, plus JD.com, this is basically the current domestic Internet pattern!
Some people in the industry complimented us and said that we should now call it fat instead of bat. No matter how we call it, we are definitely far behind Alibaba and Tencent. These two companies are the only ones in the industry.
In fact, Tencent's cash flow may be better than Alibaba's. Alibaba's core business is e-commerce and payment. In the field of e-commerce, under the current new retail landscape, they are facing challenges from JD.com.
You only need to look at Alibaba's sales data from the Fortune 500 to know. Alibaba's high market value does not mean that they are really strong! Huawei's sales far exceed theirs.
In the payment field, the market shares of Alipay and WeChat Pay are equivalent.
Tencent's killer application WeChat has no rivals. In addition, Tencent's gaming industry, hehe, may make far more money than people outside the industry imagine.
Under these two companies, Baidu, Phoenix Group, Uber Phoenix Fund, JD.com, Meituan, and ByteDance can be roughly classified as the second echelon. The rest include NetEase, 58.com, Bihu, Kuaishou, and 360
, Sohu, these cannot be called Internet giants.
In addition to this group of Internet companies, plus a group of venture capital investment companies such as Hongbin China, IDG, and Hillhouse Capital, the Internet world is formed.
This is the era and position we are in!"
Jing Gao said with emotion: "When I was in February after the New Year, I was still thinking that my main business task this year was to promote the development of the chip industry and the mobile phone industry.
However, I am a novice in the chip industry, so I can only work hard on personnel, finance, and organizational structure. Choose the right leader and provide support. Moreover, the results cannot be seen overnight.
In 2017, it is difficult for Phoenix Group to make a name for itself in the chip field and mobile phone field. I am afraid that my energy this year will still be on the Internet field! I will work hard to build Phoenix Group into a big brother in the Internet field!
